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Willis A. Babcock Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-129
Abstract
The collection consists of a Babcock's diary from 1864. Entries detail camp life throughout parts of Virginia, the siege at Petersburg, and his experiences with guard, orderly, and police duties. Babcock served with the 10th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery.
Dates:
1864
Constantine C. Badger Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-104
Abstract
This collection contains a letter written by physician Con. [Constantine] C. Badger at Nashua, [New Hampshire], to his mother regarding his intention to enlist in the 6th New Hampshire Infantry as a nurse, apparently in hopes of later obtaining a position as a steward or surgeon, during the American Civil War.
Dates:
1864
Bailey-Law Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-002
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of ornithologists John Eugene Law and Harold H. Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, The Birds of Virginia and The Birds of Florida, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes...
Dates:
1825 - 1971
Joseph T. Baily Engineering Lecture Notes
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-006
Abstract
Lecture notes on engineering and mechanics taken by Joseph T. Baily, a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York) in 1870.
Dates:
1870
Adolph Samuel Bair Photographs
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-137
Abstract
The Adolph Samuel Bair Photographs were taken on the campus of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) during the 1920s. The photographs depict Bair, the campus, and the VPI Corps of Cadets. Bair (1902-1988) graduated from VPI in 1924.
Dates:
ca. 1920s
Joseph J. Baker Correspondence,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-046
Abstract
Joseph J. Baker's letters discuss the October 1863 Battle at Chickamauga and the 1864 battles at Marietta, Georgia, part of the Atlanta Campaign, including estimates of wounded, killed, and captured soldiers, food resources, and sentiments sent to his family.
Dates:
1863 - 1864
Asa Baldwin Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-079
Abstract
Six letters from Asa Baldwin, a soldier in Company F, 82nd Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War, to his wife; and one letter to Baldwin from his half-sister, R. (Rebecca) F. Baldwin, of Blanchester, Ohio.
Dates:
1864 - 1865
Baldwin Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-033
Abstract
This collection contains the letters of the Baldwin family of Tazewell County, Virginia. The collection consists largely of American Civil War-era letters of Captain Denison B. Baldwin, an officer in the 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment and the 23rd Virginia Infantry Battalion, to his wife Sallie Barnes Baldwin.
Dates:
1861 - 1897
John R. Baldwin Letter,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-029
Abstract
The collection consists of a letter from John R. Baldwin, possibly to a wife or girlfriend, writing of his love for her.
Dates:
1865
Baldwin-Stoddard Family Notebook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-005
Abstract
This collection comprises one notebook of an incomplete, first person narrative about Martha Lee Baron Stoddard and May Baldwin Stoddard of Boston, Massachusetts. The narrative is written after 1893 by the Stoddards' aunt Mattie to their cousins, Albert and Harry Baldwin. The author discusses the Stoddards' childhood in Boston, attendance to Phillips Brooks' church, and traveling with Martha to Europe and her death in Italy. The volume also contains the transcription of a letter to May after...
Dates:
c. 1893-1900s
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